Johnstown dispatcher refiles lawsuit alleging age discrimination

1:03 AM,
Feb. 15, 2014

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A dispatcher with the Johnstown Police Department has refiled a lawsuit claiming she was discriminated against because of her age, amongst other allegations.

Kathie Landis, 50, had filed a lawsuit in 2012 with the same allegations, but that case was dismissed without prejudice in 2013. The lawsuit alleges Landis and another female dispatcher had been passed over for a promotion because of their ages.

The other dispatcher, Heather Roberts, filed a lawsuit in 2011 that was dismissed in 2013; she refiled the lawsuit the day of its dismissal, according to Licking County court records. The ...